View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Billy time travel to after the Carlbad Caverns?
(a) He travels to another family vacation.
(b) He returns to the POW camp.
(c) He returns to basic training.
(d) He travels to the moment of his death.

2. Why do the Germans laugh at Billy's coat?
(a) It is much too small for him
(b) It has lace trim on the cuffs
(c) It is made out of blue silk
(d) He is wearing it backwards

3. Who is Wild Bob?
(a) A colonel who lost his entire regiment
(b) The name of a German shepherd in a POW camp
(c) A German guard who loved American cowboy movies
(d) The hobo Billy meets in the railroad car

4. What does Billy see in the Carlsbad Caverns when the lights are switched off?
(a) His father's pocket watch glowing in the dark
(b) Nothing; he is left in total darkness
(c) The silhouette of the Ranger's hat
(d) About a million bats falling out of an opening

5. What author does Eliot Rosewater tell Billy about?
(a) L. Ron Hubbard
(b) Philip K. Dick
(c) Kurt Vonnegut
(d) Kilgore Trout

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "Princess?"

2. How many novels has Kilgore Trout written?

3. Which of these was not the subject of a book by Kilgore Trout?

4. Why do the Germans take pictures of Roland and Billy?

5. What response does Campbell get from most of the prisoners?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 271 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample